Improvement in feather-renovator



J. CYESTER Feather' Renovator.

Patentea May 4,- 1869,

N PETERS. PhMo-Ulhognphen' Washington, D. C.

i d gt'tatm JOHN 'c -Es T R, or IOSBYOYRN,,OH"IOV.

Letters Patent No. 89,740, dated May '4, 1869.

' nwmov'mvmrrr 11v PEATHER-RENOVATOR.

, The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

To all ivhom it concern.-

" Be it known that I, JOHN OYESTER, of Osborn,

county of Greene, and State of Ohio, have invented an ImprovedFeather-Renovator; and I do hereby declare the following to be an exactdescription thereof, reference being bad ';to th accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, ma];-

ing a partof this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents alongitudinal section of the ,renovato'r. v 1 i T Figure 2 is a top viewof the same, i The nature of my invention consists in the constructionof-tlie double cylindrical renovator, as arranged and combined with itscentre and outside air and steam-pipes, and'the manner of revolving theoutside 'cylinderby an outside belt, drum, and crank.

,A represents the' square frame that'supp'orts the renovator.

' B, the upright frame that supports the drum-wheel C, that revolves thebelt D, that surroundsthe cylinder E, thatis operated by the crank F.

G is the steam-pipe that discharges the steam through the innerperforated cylinder H at one end,

for. the purpose of washing and cleansing the-feathers in the outsidecylinder, or renovator E, the inner cylinder H being stationary, whilstthe outer cylinder E revolves around it, the stop-cook J being closedduring the steaming-process.

Afterthe feathers have been thoroughly steamed and purified, thestop-cock is then closed, and the stopcock J opened, and hot, dry air ispassed into the funnel L, and throngh the outside pipe -M into theperforated cylinder-H, at the opposite end of cylinder E. The hot airthen passes through the perforations of cylinder H on to the feathers,completely drying them and purifying them, whilst the outer cylinder Eis being revolved by the belt'D and by means of the drum 0 and crank F.

The feathers are inserted and again removed at the aperture P, thatisclosed by a sliding and perforated cover R.

I'do not claim a cylindrical renovator, nor pipes passing through acylinder for the purpose of discharging steam and hot air in thecylinder, as they have been usedbeforegbut What I claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, .is--

The construction of a double cylinder, the inner one,

B, being perforated and stationary, admitting steam at one end, and hotair through an outside funnelmouthed pipe M at the other end, whilst theoutside cylinder E is revolved by the drumO and outside belt D, whenarranged, combined, and operated as herein described and for the purposeset forth.

- JOHN OYESTER.

Witnesses:

MARY Srnoox,

, 0'. H, STROOK.

